Gamehelponitama

Setup

• Both players have 5 pawns, 4 students and 1 master.
• The master starts on the temple arch.
• 2 students start on each side of the master.
• Shuffle the 16 move cards and deal 2 to each player face up as their starting hand.
• Put another card in the middle.
• Remove the remaining 11 move cards from the game.

Gameplay

• The player with the same colour as the stamp in the middle goes first.
• On your turn, do these two actions in order:

1. Move

2. Exchange

• If you can make a legal move, you must make it.
• If you can't make a legal move, you must skip moving and still exchange.

Actions

MOVE

• Choose one of the two move cards in your hand.
• Then, choose a pawn and move it as shown on the card.
  • The square grid illustrates the possible moves.
• The black square in the middle represents the space your chosen pawn occupies.
  • The coloured spaces show where your pawn can move in relation to its starting position.
  • You can move your pawn to any one of the spaces indicated.
• Other pawns and temple arches don't block the movement of the pawn across the board.
• You can never make a move that would cause a pawn to move off the board or move onto the same square as one of your own pawns.

Capturing

• If your pawn moves onto a square that is occupied by one of your opponent's pawns, the opponent's pawn is immediately captured and removed from the game.
  • Moving over or through a square occupied by an opponent's piece does not capture it.

EXCHANGE

• Add the move card in the middle to your hand.
  • You may use it starting from the next turn.
• Take the move card you just used and place it in the middle facing your opponent.
  • If you couldn't move, you can choose either of the two cards in your hand.

Winning

• There are two ways to win:
  1. Capture your opponent's master pawn.
  2. Move your master pawn to your opponent's temple arch space.